Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford didn’t speak to the resignation at his evening rally in Mississauga — the city right beside Brampton, where Sandhu was running. Ford also didn’t speak to reporters, who were kept well away from him at the rally.

Less than three hours after the resignation was made public, the Tories announced Sudeep Verma will be the new candidate for the riding.

The party is getting a new candidate in just under the wire. The deadline to register candidates is Thursday at 2 p.m.